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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-01-11, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989. County briefs Delay in CP line disposal sought for trail plans The Huron County Planning and Development office has written to the federal government and CP Rail to ask for delays in the sale of land alongtheGuelphtoGoderich rail line to allow groups to try to organize a multi-user trailer system Huron County Council was told at its Jan. 5 meeting. The rail line had been abandoned as of January 1 after an order from the National Transportation Agen­ cy. CP Rail had claimed the railway was uneconomical. Local groups had made inquiries to the county Plann­ ing and Development Department about turning the right-of-way of the line into a trail system. Under the Rails-To-Trails program in the United States many abandoned rail lines have been turned into major recreation-tourism facilities. There are no precidents in Canada for this kind of conversion although there are other attempts being made, so the process of organizing the trail may take some time. ***** A by-law passed by the council will see a fee of $400 charged for individuals seeking an amendment to the official plan, up from the old rate of $250. The increase is mostly to cover the Ontario Municipal Board’s $125fee for processing a referral. If the official plan amend­ ment is not appealed in future, the applicant will get a $125 refund. ***** A follow up meeting from the Opportunity Tour that brought British investors to Huron as well as Bruce and Grey, will be held in Clinton January 26. The communi­ ties that took part in the tour will meet with officials from the Planning and Development office as well as the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology to discuss follow-up material and hear of initiatives and programs to be pursued in 1989. ***** Among the major award winners ai the Huron County Junior Farmers’ annual awards night and banquet in Clinton on Saturday were Lisa Rammeloo of Blyth, [left], who was the recipient of the President’s Award as the Most Enthusiastic First Year Member; Audrey Ritchie of Lucknow, who accepted the Vincent Farm Equipment Participation Award on behalf of the West Huron Junior Farmers, the club deemed to have been most actively involved in county, zone and provincial events during 1988. Miss Ritchie is the president of the West Huron Junior Farmers. Frustration continues over the One Stop Access proposal for Huron County. The proposal for a pilot project for the county has been with the Minister for Senior Citizens’ Affairs, the Hon. Mavis Wilson for some time without reply. Dr. Maarten Bokhout, county Medical Officer of Health said he had had a telephone call from the Minister’s office saying she was very busy but she would try to reply some time in January.***** Approval was given for the purchase of a new computer system foi the Board of Heal th at a cost of $15,000, $3,750 of which will come from the county with the other $11,250 to come from the Ministry of Health.Thecomputerwillbe used to keep statistical information for the Plumbing and Environmental Divi­ sion of the Health department.***** Six public health nurses will receive training for the “Nobody’s Perfect’’ program. The program is designed to help teach hard-to-reach parents, (generally with low educa­ tional background), better parent­ ing skills. This is a return to an early emphasis of public health work, Dr. Bokhout said, in an effort to head off long-term problems from children raised without the kind of parenting skills being taught in schools.* 4c He He Me Negotiations will begin soon between the county and Hullett Township on the County’s taking over the 10th concession of Hullett from Londesborotothe Base Line to make the route a county road on completion of the new Ball’s Bridge across the Maitland. The County also wants to turn over part of County Road 22 in Auburn, from the Aubhrn Main Street down to Craig’s sawmill. That part of the motion led Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham to vote against the recommendation to open the negotiations. He explained later that since the township doesn ’t do snow removal in the village of Auburn, getting the road back would mean a snowplow crew would have to go all the way into Auburn from the nearest concession in order to clear snow from a couple of hundred yards of road. ***** A draft agreement for the use of the Auburn road department radio tower by the Huron County Police Communications system was stud­ ied by the Road Committee at its Dec. 16 meeting. The Huron police departments would pay a rental of $1,000 for the use of the tower. ***** The county engineer Dennis Merrall moved up a notch on the county pay scale and will now receive $57,642 per year. ***** The store front recovered from the demolition of Brussels’ Queen’s Hotel will be in place in its new home at the Huron County Pioneer Museum soon. The store front, along with the materials recovered from the old Wingham Fire Hall will be on the south side of the “main street’’ in the main History Hall of The Bear facts Intramural volleyball begins by Chrystal Cucksey and Sarah Allan Once again volleyball intramurals are almost over. Boys and girls from grades 6, 7, and 8 (although the grade 6 will not be playing in the tournament) are all a buzz with anticipation for the upcoming tourn­ ament at Clinton High-School on Saturday, February 4. The teams are also going to an invitational tournament at St. Jo­ seph’s Separate School in Clinton. Mr. Livermore, our school’s P.E. teacher, has organized after school tryouts for those who are interested in joining the volleyball team. ATTENTION PARENTS! by Kim Ferguson and Erica Clark It’s a new year and already we are starting to plan for next year’s kindergarten class. (1989-90). If you have a child who was born in 1984, please call Mrs. Kolkman at 523-9201 to enroll your child at Blyth P.S. When you phone you will be given registration details. BACK AGAIN by Jennifer Stadelmann and Sarah Rouw For our newspaper report this week we interviewed students from grades one to six to find out how they spent the holidays. Michelle McNichol of grade one enjoyed her presents and the newborn lambs. Aaron Irvin, who is a grade two student, liked he rpurse with the address book. She wished her holidays were longer. Mark Nesbit’s best present was a remote control truck. Over the holidays he visited his grandma. His favourite Christmas food was potatoes. Toni Richmond, grade 4, watched JOIN US! the museum. The north side of the main street, built around the old CPR locomotive, has recently been completed. The renovation of the old 1856school, the original museum, is almost complete and construction of display galleries will soon be underway. The Museum recently undertook a fundraising campaign aimed at raising $150,000 to cover items that had to be dropped from the plans that were to have been covered by grants from senior governments. So far, Claus Breede, project director told council, about $7,000 has been received. ***** The county will ensure only those artifacts in the museum collection that have “significant replacement financial value”, the Museum Com­ mittee decided, a move confirmed by the full council. The committee was told that some museums do not insure their collections on the basis they are irreplaceable while others give everything a replacement value and insure to that value. Mr. Breede pointed out that even if they could be replaced, about80per cent of the items have a value less than $500 and the insurance carried by the county has deductable clause of $1,000 per occurrence. Under the circum- TV over the winter holidays. She went to her aunt and uncle’s on Chrsitmas Day. Charlene Hulzebos of grade five liked her clothes, Christmas dinner and Chistmas parties she attended. Grade six student, Maridale Bromley went skiing and spent Christmas Day with her grandparents, friends and rela­ tives. ; llkrmJwjL pi PRICE SALE 1/2 PRICE CLEARANCE OF WINTER MERCHANDISE - We still have a good selection of: •SWEATERS ’CORDS ‘SKIRTS •DRESS PANTS’BLOUSES’DRESSES JUST ARRIVED Shirley’s WINGHAM 357-1051 House of Fashion “THE STORE WITH THE PERSONAL TOUCH” stances the committee voted to have Mr. Breedepreparealistofthose items with a high replacement value and have these insured and not insure rest.***** Local Reeves Gordon Workman of Brussels and Albert Wasson of Blyth received new appointments at the council meeting. Reeve Workman was appointed vice-chairman of the Committee of Management of Huronview. Reeve Wasson was named one of the county’s represen­ tatives to the Board of Directors of Family and Children’s Services of Huron County along with reeves Bill Mickle of Exeter and George Cantelon of Tuckersmith and War­ den Dave Johnston. Grey Reeve Leona Armstrong was reappointed to the Waste Manage­ ent Steering Committee along with Reeves Brian McBurney of Turn ­ berry, Grant Stirling of Goderich, Tom Tomes of Stephen, Deputy- Reeve J.P. Doherty of Goderich and Warden Johnston. Council made a motion to lump all county boards under one unit for the purposes of the Pay Equity process. The move could cost the county money in the operation particularly of the Library Board. Since the Library is made up mostly of women, it would not have a male dominated group of employees to be compared to if it was treated as a separate board but council felt it was only fair to include the library board and Health Unit employees along with all other county employees. WIN «l9nn travel 9l£UU. VOUCHER SAT.,FEB.11,1989 BRUSSELS OPTIMISTS VALENTINE DANCE & DRAW $8. perticket AVAILABLE FROM ANY OPTIMIST MEMBER An excellent selection of Spring Fashions, just in time for your Winter Vacation! WINTER HOURS: Tues. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5:30 Sat. 9-5, Closed Monday